{"id":4770,"date":"2019-01-29T11:00:10","date_gmt":"2019-01-29T17:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/?p=4770"},"modified":"2019-01-29T10:57:46","modified_gmt":"2019-01-29T16:57:46","slug":"fab-ideas-for-a-fun-family-evening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/fab-ideas-for-a-fun-family-evening\/","title":{"rendered":"Fab Ideas For A Fun Family Evening"},"content":{"rendered":"

The stresses and strains of parenting on a day-to-day basis is a rewarding chore \u2013 but a chore nonetheless. The beautiful creature you created is a gift to you as a well as an annoying pain in the backside! Whether it\u2019s their behavior or their well-being, you can never switch off. After a long, hard stint of watching over them \u2013 whether they\u2019re six or sixteen! – being freed from the struggle of guardianship sometimes feels like a huge weight removed. <\/span><\/p>\n

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But it doesn\u2019t always have to be that way, you know! You may have forgotten amidst all of the chaos, but good old fun can be had with the whole family, and it\u2019s always nice to cherish times together that can be almost exclusively joyful and anxiety-free! Here are a few suggestions that can boost your evenings together. <\/span><\/p>\n

Movie Night<\/b><\/p>\n

A movie night is a common pastime among families and friends. But that doesn\u2019t stop it being a fantastic evening and a great idea for everyone. You could make a plan one night to surprise the kids and take them to the movie theatre. Nowadays a lot of streaming services make movie nights a lot easier. As long as you have a TV and an internet connection you\u2019re pretty much good to go. Careful, though, you may want to <\/span>test the speed<\/span><\/a> of the connection \u2013 you don\u2019t want it to get to the crux of the story and start buffering! It happens! <\/span><\/p>\n

Games!<\/b><\/p>\n

From silly activities like charades to <\/span>video games<\/span><\/a>. Getting a laugh and a smile on faces is a feeling like no other and stimulating the brain while enjoying yourself is one of the best ways! \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Cooking<\/b><\/p>\n

Cooking is a beautiful hobby to take part in \u2013 especially one with the whole family. We all like food don\u2019t we? Getting to enjoy a meal while learning how to make it is rewarding not only for the stomach but for the brain too! \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Arts And Crafts<\/b><\/p>\n

Similar to cooking, it\u2019s fun and simple to do. You can open someone\u2019s creative side, and with kids at a young age taking things in like sponges, it can be super beneficial for them as they may grow up with an artistic side or a problem-solving side!<\/span><\/p>\n

Build A Fort!<\/b><\/p>\n

You have to be a real grumpy goose to not get on board with the idea of a <\/span>fort<\/span><\/a> in the living room! Similarly to before, it\u2019s creative as well as a good laugh. Just make sure you plan for it all and are ready to clean up and get everything back in order!<\/span><\/p>\n

Puzzles <\/b><\/p>\n

Puzzles are another great way to get the whole family involved. If they\u2019re super young, the kids can have a whale of a time working out what goes where in a small, cheap jigsaw. But they can also help out with big family projects that take a lot more time. Some take weeks and months so the whole family can spend some evenings getting these little projects completed \u2013 having fun and developing the brain in the process! \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This post is a collaborative effort by St. Louis Dad.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The stresses and strains of parenting on a day-to-day basis is a rewarding chore \u2013 but a chore nonetheless. The beautiful creature you created is a gift to you as a well as an annoying pain in the backside! Whether it\u2019s their behavior or their well-being, you can never switch off. After a long, hard […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4771,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Fab Ideas For A Fun Family Evening #dadbloggers","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8,3,1,276,7,6],"tags":[17,835,12,279,147,244,19,16,686],"class_list":["post-4770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-apps-tech","category-around-town","category-blog","category-family","category-inside","category-outside","tag-around-town-2","tag-baking","tag-blog-2","tag-crafts","tag-family","tag-games","tag-inside-fun","tag-lets-go-outside","tag-puzzles"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/abby-alex-xmas.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JMKA-1eW","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4770"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4770\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4772,"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4770\/revisions\/4772"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stlouisdad.com\/s\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}